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Hannah's avatar

The corruption of this fascist administration has been evident before Trump took office for the second time. He will probably not live long enough to suffer significant consequences. His son in-law is young. I hope to live to see the day of his conviction. I think vengeance is an unworthy cause. In Jared Kushner's case, I am willing to make an exception.

celeste k.'s avatar

It's not vengeance, it's accountablity, and I want to see it, too.

Eddie's avatar
3hEdited

MoreBS from the same monarch that had Jamal Khashoggi murdered for Wash Post investigations of Jared K⁉️ The filthy rich delight in having patriotic commoners fight and die in wars designed to preserve unchecked power. "Traitors" barely hints at their callous depravity.

E-Dub's avatar

“Oddly, the New York Times story does not mention that Trump’s chief negotiator, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, is being paid tens of millions annually by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is controlled by MBS.”

The shade! The Times really is a ghost of itself at this point, so this slayed me.

Good thing Iran isn’t relying on the NYT to understand Kushner is compromised. If only his father-in-law was as savvy…

Ann Sharon's avatar

At this point the only people who don’t know that are folks who don’t want to know.. NYT runs stories on Kushner’s billion dollar deals and mentions it in other articles. For instance —

• On the 13th - Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

• On the 26th - Democrats Demand Answers on Jared Kushner’s Mideast Business Dealings

Jonathan Hutson's avatar

Indiscriminately bombing civilians is a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. Indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are strictly prohibited under Rule 11 of Customary International Humanitarian Law and Article 51 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. While power plants are sometimes targeted as "dual-use" objects, any strike that fails to distinguish between military advantage and civilian survival, or which causes incidental harm that is "clearly excessive" in relation to the direct military advantage, constitutes a war crime under the Rome Statute.

Teresa Baustian's avatar

So, MBS is also a madman.

celeste k.'s avatar

if trump and MBS push Iran hard enough, Iran may just blow Saudi off the map, which would undermine any partnership kushner and trump share with the murderer MBS.

Adam's avatar

Does the world REALLY need the House of Saud? I mean 15 of 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from our good old friend S.A.

Paula's avatar

You sound surprised! I am surprised you are surprised.

Teresa Baustian's avatar

I assumed MBS was a murderous oligarch, not devoid of his faculties, cognizant that Middle Eastern wars never remain in one place.

L D Bingham's avatar

Of course, Mr. Legume. Thank you for so clearly laying this out.

This is exactly what this is all about. Trump has no other reason to start a war with Iran because people associated with him operate ONLY on a transactional basis and are as corrupt and venal as he is. Look at all of the money, billions and billions of dollars, flowing into his personal accounts held by his family. He has complicit benefactors with the full Cabinet that he appointed supporting his every action together with a Supreme Court that puts their blessing on his every action. The only person that he's been unable to oust is Jerome Powell.

Jared Kushner laid low for a while because he knew that he could be brought up on charges, but there was no mistaking the fact that the $2Billion, that the PIF's own fund managers advised against giving him, was anything but a bribe. Of course he lied about being active in the administration. We have to look at all of the Mideastern region - a totally different cultural set of values in place which operates on a very very different plane of existence , bribing and intimidation with the willingness to eliminate anyone who is thwarting them from achieving their goals of worldwide domination. It's just which one of the sects of religion is going to win.

Kushner is the moneymaker in the Trump family, not the offspring of Trump because Trump is too stupid to do this on his own, and even more diminished now as it's evident that he's well on his way in dementia which will lead to a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease., His own offspring, all of them, are in league with him with no redeeming set of moral values. They're too weak to do anything but blindly follow his path and clearly have no compunction about how many lives they've already destroyed and are continuing to do so.

Kushner also is EXACTLY like his father who was nothing but a criminal himself and was imprisoned until, again, he was given a pardon by the criminal in the White House, and then made an ambassador to France and Monaco where he is reviled by both as he works to undermine both and continue his shady deals. His son lies and misdirects - it's part of his m.o. just like his father. Jared Kushner sold out America long long ago. The problem is that the Biden administration did not bring charges against him.

The axis of evil is not just China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, but includes Saudi Arabia, all of the Trumps, their in-laws and all of his supporters as well including the conservative members of America's Supreme Court, the House and Senate Republicans and every single 'republican' in America who voted for him. 70+Million Americans voted for the most corrupt venal evil administration ever to run our government. We have a very very long road ahead at home and around the world to remove every vestige of this administration including all of his lower level loyalists who are hiding in the corners of our government, something that Biden did NOT do with the people in the departments and agencies who supported Trump, not the Constitution, among the many failures of Biden and his staff.

JerryBier's avatar

The answer to the why boils down to Merrick Garland, the AG, who didn't take the necessary steps when he and our legitimate leaders had the power to actually stop this corrupt faction, a nasty corruption that has now infested nearly every part of our government.

Deepak Puri's avatar

Follow the Saudi money to Trump and Kushner with this interactive map. Also the Middle East money to Steve Witkoff and Bondi. When did the U.S. military become a mercenary force for hire from Trump's real estate business/https://embed.kumu.io/e7d1b29a12cd7ec728cefdc1450be476

JerryBier's avatar

Is that a copyrighted graft/meme? Or is it okay to download it and share it?

Deepak Puri's avatar

Do you mean the one with the Marines and the flag? I created that by adapting a military photo in the public archives. You are welcome to use it.

Zoe's avatar

Get this information to the general masses.

Carol Gamm's avatar

MBS sending Saudis to fight?

JerryBier's avatar

That's funny. Good point. I'm paraphrasing here, but didn't someone point out that the USA is a country sandwiched between Mexico and Canada, where Israel grows soldiers to fight in their endless wars?

Carol Gamm's avatar

Do you think Trump will escalate?

Jim Carmichael's avatar

Thank you for your no-holds-barred approach to the news, Judd.

JerryBier's avatar

The scale of corruption is something that would have landed a person in jail 40 years ago. Nowadays, all you need to do is kiss up to the king (lower case used on purpose) and tell him what a gorgeous person he is, with a brain of a genius, and he will sacrifice morals, reputation, and even dead soldiers just to get this praise.

Hell, he'll even grab the USA by the pussy, it's allowed in his "circle"...

HankC's avatar

Thanks for calling out the disappointing omission from the NYTimes, important information for them to leave out

KRiley's avatar

Trump is a brainless puppet motivated by greed, power (or the faux "male dominance" perception of it), and ego. What a complete waste of a president.

Ian Ogard's avatar

continued... a traitor to the Constitution and humanity?" Trump says, "No, that makes me smart."

Ian Ogard's avatar

Trump's being used as a tool for the perpetration of all kinds crimes. He couldn't care less. If it lines his pockets or inflates his ego, he's in. Bigly. "So that makes me a

mark's avatar

The trump administration is a sea of money grubbing con men who are swimming in money. TIME TO SEND IN THE SHARKS.

Adam's avatar

Maybe Orcas? The twump maladministration and it's hangers-on are the sharks and remoras in my opinion. Orcas are shark killers!